Orleans Parish Prison

Lyric:
Say, have you missed your green eyed son
He shot a man down with a sort of gun
They found him down by the ponchartrain
Where they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green eyed son
I heard him say as they led him away, he's sorry for what he's done
Orleans Parish Prison, free my green eyed son

Say, have you missed your dark haired girl
She was sellin' her love to a hungry world
They got her clothes and the money she took
And they wrote her name in the prison book
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark haired girl
She's scared and cold and you got the gold that she took from a hungry world
Orleans Parish Prison, free my dark haired girl

Say, have you missed your brother man
He took some money with a gun in his hand
His kids are hungry and the wife ain't well
And their daddy's locked up in the prison cell
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man
I know it's sad but he's not bad, he's doin' the best he can
Orleans Parish Prison, free my brother man

Orleans Parish Prison, I need my green eyed son,
I miss my dark haired girl, I love my brother man
Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free them if you can

Writer: Dick Feller  © Cyberphonic Publishing